If I was dreaming of a duplex I wouldn’t rush the deal and just buy a SF simply to be buying.

WE did about 30 new builds downtown charleston but last 2 years we simply could not find anything that worked.. finally found  a lot and we close on it mid month.will build the same floor plan on the same street we did 5 years ago and sold for 450k  this time its going to sell for 850k..

I simply shook my head.Unfortunately social media has made it easy for these bad actors to get in front of their target clientele and it's normally the  clients who have no liquidity, poor credit and very low chances for success to begin with in this business and put these courses/mentorship on their credit cards who fall even further behind. 

The reason for this, is the variable work, to put it simply is, A LOT OF WORK.

There are ways to use loopholes but it has to be done correctly to avoid issues.If you can rent your current home and it cash flows simply do a cash out refinance pull out some cash and use it for a down payment.

At one point, I was even accused of being unprofessional simply for demanding answers.

The other option is simply charge them $X (equal to one month's rent for example) and if you find a new tenant sooner, then keep all of that money as it is a fee for breaking the lease vs the first where they are paying rent.

In my latest sale, even though I could have easily added the egress for a 3rd, my agent simply planted the suggestion for another bedroom in the ad. 

Attend a couple meetups/REIA meetings and talk to others about what you want to do and where you feel your holes are, and have them help you for free, to at least refine that list so you can talk to Jake and ask how he will help with your specific gaps in knowledge.

Thank you for taking the time to reply - in fact, I was just thinking about this and yes, I believe that I would - the reviews and information that I have gathered all suggests that the businesses in the area are simply awful - and it would be interesting for them to have some competition.